Night depository construction



Nov. 11, 1952 H. C. BEHRENS NIGHT DEPOSITORY CONSTRUCTION 5 Sheets-Sheet1 Filed July 22, 1949 INVENTOR. Herfi eri C Belzrens ATTORNEYS Nov. 11,1952 H. c. BEHRENS NIGHT DEPOSITORY CONSTRUCTION 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 vFiled July 22, 1949 IN VEN TOR. Henberz" CBehr'em BY A TTOR/VE Y8 Nov.11, 1952 H. c. BEHRENS NIGHT DEPOSITORY CONSTRUCTION s Sheets-Sheet 5Filed July 22, 1949 INV EN TOR. HerberiCBe/zrens w 99 f 226 ATTORNEYSNov. 11, 1952 H. c. BE'HRENS NIGHT DEPOSITORY CONSTRUCTION 5Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed July 22, 1949 IN V EN TOR.

w m M w P kw H W B a m M .m T A Nov. 11, 1952 H. c. BEHRENS NIGHTDEPOSITORY CONSTRUCTION 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed July 22, 1949 IN VEN TOR.Herbem CBe/zrms BY ATTORNEYS za-z 38 Patented Nov. 11, 1952 NIGHTDEPOSITORY CONSTRUCTION Herbert C. Behrens, Canton,. 0hio,-assignor toDiebold, Incorporated, Canton, Ohio, a combration of Ohio ApplicationJuly 22, 1949, Serial No. 106,219

hopper in which the deposited article in any form such as a bag orpackage of money may be placed when the door is open. When the door isclosed the deposited article should fall from the hopper and slide downa chute into the bank vault.

In such a usual night depository construction, robbers have obtained akey to the door, and have opened the door and suspended wires or. cordshaving a bag or hooks on their lower ends which are suspended in thechute. Thedoor is then closed and the wires or cords are led out of thedoor frame in an unobserved manner. Th next deposited articleis caughtby the suspended bag or hooks without the knowledge ofthe depositor. Therobbers then return and open the depository door again and fish up thesuspended bag or hooks in which the deposited article has been caught.

The objects of the present invention or discovery include the provisionof an improved night depository construction, of the type, including apivoted door and a hopper extending from the rear of the door, and whichincludes parts cooperating with the door and the hopper in such mannerthat the chute opening at all times is substantially closed off whetherthe depository door is open or in the course of being closed 0 in thecourse of being opened. V

Further objects of the present invention or discovery include theprovision of such an improved night depository construction in whichafter a deposited article has been placed in the hopper when the door isopen,. it is necessary for the door to be entirely closed withoutpossibility of reopening in order that the deposited article shall dropdown the chute. 4 Further objects. ofithe present: invention ordiscovery include the provision :of such an im-. proved night depositoryconstruction in which a deposited article is forcibly ejected from thehopper into the chute, and in which even if by some means there has beensuspended in the chute a bag or hooks on which -the deposited article iscaught, the deposited article will become wedged in a manner preventingopening of the door. 1 Further objects of the present invention or dis-18 Claims. (01. 23244) covery include the provision of such an improvednight depository construction -'in which the hopper includes a bottomwall fixed with respect to the door, and in which there is a swingingbottom wall in the hopper pivoted at the rear end of the fixed bottomwall, and in which cam track and cam follower means actuated by openingand closing of the door cause movement of the swinging bottom wall forthe attainment of the previously defined objects. 1

The foregoing and other objects are attained by the night depositoryconstruction, improvements, members, parts, combinations, andsubcombinations, which comprise the present invention or discovery, thenature of which is set forth in the following general statement, andpreferred embodiments of which together with their mode of use are setforth by way of example in the following description, and whichare'particularly and distinctly pointed out and set forth in theappended claims forming part hereof.

The nature of the improved night depository construction of the presentinvention or discovery may be stated in general terms as including incombination with other usual parts of a night depository, a pivoted doorand a hopper extending from the rear of the door. The hopper includes abottom wall fixed with respect to the door, and a swinging bottom wallin the hopper is pivoted at the rear end of the fixed bottom wall. Thepivoting of the swinging bottom wall is effected by a shaft fixed to theswinging bottom wall and pivoting on the fixed bottom wall. The hopperoperates in a hopper compartment which'includes a wall adjacent one endof the shaft. An arm is fixed on the-shaft end and the arm mounts a camfollower roller. Track cam means are mounted on the adjacent hoppercompartment wall, the track cam means including track sections openingtowards and receiving and guiding the'cam follower roller for efiectingmovement of the swinging bottom wall relative to the fixed gottom wallduring opening and closing of the cor.

the swinging bottom wall extends across and bafiles the chute openingcommunicating'with the The cam track sections are four in number andhopper compartment. Opening of the door produces a series of movementsof the swinging bottom wall, continuing its baiiiing action until thedoor is fully open. At the fully open position of the door, the swingingbottom wall lies substantially parallel with the fixed bottom wall, andthe swinging bottom wall is ready to receive a deposited article, andthe rear end of the hopper is then in bafliing position across the chuteopening.

After receiving a deposited article, when the door is being closed,further movements of the swinging bottom wall occur by which thdeposited article is ejected from the hopper down into the chute, andthe swinging bottom wall is returned to its bafiiing position across thechute at the final closing of the door.

The various relative movements of the door and hopper and the swingingbottom wall are effected by means of the cam follower on the arm of theswinging bottom wall pivoting shaft and the guiding of the cam followerthrough the four sections of the cam track.

By way of example, preferred embodiments of the night depositoryconstruction of the present improvements are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings forming art hereof, in which:

Figure l is a vertical sectional View showing a preferred embodiment ofthe improved night depository construction installed in a bank wallopening, the several parts of the construction being shown in theirrelative positions when the door is closed;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the parts when the door issubstantially halfway open and just before access to th hopper is aboutto commence;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Figs. 1 and 2 showing the parts when thedoor is fully open;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 showing the parts justbefore final closing of the door;

Fig. 5 is a top plan sectional view as on line 5--5, Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a front elevational view looking in the direction of thearrows 66, Fig. 3; and

Fig. '7 is a vertical sectional view as on line 'i--l, Fig. 3, showingdetails of the preferred separable track cam plate and its mounting onan apertured side wall of the hopper compartment, and

also showing details of parts mounted on the track cam plate.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

One embodiment of the improved night depository construction isindicated generally by [0, and is shown installed in a vertical wall I Iof abuilding which is usually a bank building, and the wall H is usuallyeither an exterior wall or the wall of an entrance hall of the building.Also, the wall H is usually solid as shown and made of materials such asmasonry or reinforced concrete. The wall I I has formed therein arectangular opening 12 and has a front face l3 and a rear face l4.

The improvednight depository construction l includes a rectangular doorframe indicated generally by [5, and walls indicated generally by [6form a hopper compartment C and extend from the rear of the door framel5. As shown the door frame I includes a front flange ll extendingaround a rectangular opening I8, and from the rear face of the frontflange l1 and perpendicular thereto there extends a connecting flangeI9.

The walls I6 formingthe hopper compartment Q include a front connectingneck having a 4 rectangular opening telescoping over and being connectedwith the flange I9 of the door frame l5. The walls [6 extend from thefront connecting neck 23 rearwardly and downwardly and terminate in arear chute connecting neck 2| extending around a rectangular opening.

The walls It forming the hopper compartment C include an upper wall 22extending from the rear end of the upper wall 23 of the neck 20, andsloping upwardly therefrom, and a lower wall 24 extending from the rearend of the lower wall 25 of the neck 23 and sloping downwardlytherefrom. The hopper compartment walls It furthermore include verticalside walls 26 and 21. The opening H! in the building wall H has top andbottom faces with sloping portions conforming to and fitting the slopingwalls 22 and 24 of the hopper compartment. All the faces of the openingl2 conform to the hopper compartment walls fitted therein.

A door indicated generally by 28 is pivotally mounted adjacent its lowerend in the door frame opening is by usual means, which as shown includeat each side of the door frame a trunnion 29 extending from a door framesid member and pivoting in the bore of apivot bearing block 30 extendingfrom the rear of the door 28.

When closed, the door 28 fits in the opening l8 of the door frame 15.Adjacent its upper end the door 28 is provided with an outwardlyextending pull handle 28-I. There is mounted on the inner face of thedoor 28, a usual key-operated lock 3| including a bolt 32 extendableinto and retractable from a keeper in the top member 33 of the doorframe 15, the lock 3| also including a nose 3l-l extending through acylindrical opening in the door 26, a key cylinder being operative inthe nose'3 1-! in the usual manner.

Walls extending from the rear of the door 28 form a hopper indicatedgenerally by 34. The hopper forming walls include a vertical wall 35 atone side of the door and a similar vertical wall 36 at the other sideofthe door. Each of the walls 35 and 36 has the same peripheral shape.Describing the wall 35 in detail, its periphery includes a curved outeredge 31 which extends from a junction with the upperend of the rear faceof the door 28 in a circularly curved portion 38 and terminates in arear straight portion 39 constituting atangential continuation of thecircular portion 38. The rear peripheral corner 43 of the hopper sidewall 35 continues as a circular are from the rear end of the straightedge portion '39, and the periphery of the hopper side wall 35furthermore includes a straight edge portion 4| extending forwardlyfromthe arcuate corner 40, the straight edge portion 4| being at anangle with the door 28. From the front end of the straight edge portionM a notched edge portion 42 extends to the lower side of the door 28.The notched edge portion 42 of the hopper side wall 35 includesanoutwardly opening notch 43, and an upwardly extending stop wall 44 isprovided on the bottom wall 25 of the hopper compartment in a usualmanner, the notch 43 fitting over the stop wall 44 when the door isclosed v(Fig.1).

The walls forming the hopper 34 furthermore include a hopper bottom wall45 extending between the hopper sidewalls 35 and 36 and hav ing a frontflanged endr46 located intermediate the top and bottom ends of the door28 and a rear end 4'! aligned with the rear corners 4!) of the sidewalls 35 and 36. A hopper front end wall 48 extends between the sidewalls 35 and 36 and upwardly from the bottom wall-front end 46 to a topend 48-l located intermediate the ends of the circularly curvedperipheral portions 38 or the hopper side walls and 36. A cylindricallycurved hopper top guard wall 49 extends between the side walls ,35 and36 from .the upper end of the door 28 to a curved and flanged rear end58 which is connected with the upper end 48-| of the hopper front endwall 48. The hopper walls 35, 36, 45, 48, and 49 are connected with eachother at their junctions, preferably by welding; and the hopper sidewalls 35"and 36 and the hopper top guard wall 49 are connected at theirjunctions with the rear of the door 28, also preferably by welding.

The foregoing described parts of the depository I9 and their arrangementwith each other constitute usual depository construction prior to thepresent improvements. According to the present improvements, there islocated in the hopper 34 a movable and preferably swinging bottom wallindicated generally by 5| which includes a fiat rectangular portion 52having a straight front edge 53. and straight parallel side edges 54 and55 which are perpendicular to the front edge 53' The edges 54 and 55extend with close clearance along the inside, respectively, of thehopper side walls 35 and 36, and the edge 53 extends with closeclearance along the inside of the hopper front end wall 43 which has acylindrical curvature as shown. The swinging bottom wall 5| terminatesin an angled rear end portion 56 extending rearwardly from a curvedcorner junction 57 with the rear end of the flat portion 52.

Means pivotally mount the swinging bottom wall 5| on the hopper bottomwall 45 which is fixed with reference to the other hopper walls and thedoor. As shown the pivoting means constitutes a piano type hingeindicated generally by 58 connecting the rear ends of the fixed bottomwall 45 and the swinging bottom wall 5|. As best shown in Fig. 5, thehinge 58 includes spaced cylindrical bends 59 formed on the rear end ofthe swinging bottom wall 5| and spaced cylindrical bends 68 formed onthe rear end of the fixed hopper bottom wall 45, the bends 68 fittingbetween the bends 59, and the bores of the bends 59 and 60 registeringwith each other. A pivot or hinge shaft 6| extends through theregistering bores of the hinge bends 59 and 60 and also through fittingapertures formed in the rear corners of the hopper side walls 35 and 3659 is secured to the shaft 6| as by a pin 62. I The shaft 6| includes anend 63 extending beyond the hopper side wall 54 which is spaced from thehoppericompartment wall 26, and the shaft end 63, terminates adjacentthe hopper compartment wall26.,. 71

Between the hopper side wall 54 and the hopper "compartment wall 26there is located an arm 64 including an end 65 secured on the shaft end63, and the arm 64 extends from the shaft end 63 towardsthe door 28, andon the outer end 65 of the arm 64 there is mounted a cam followerroller'61.

The. hopper compartment side wall 26 has formed therein an opening 68 asbest shown in Figs. 3 and 7 Q A cam plate 69 is secured in abutment withthe outerface i0 on the hopper compartment side wall .26 preferably bybolt and nut sets each indicated by H. The cam plate 69 has formedtherein an endless cam track including track sections each constitutedby a straight lilach of the swinging bottom wall hinge bends 6 parallelside groove 12 opening through the hopper compartment side wall opening68 towards the hopper side wall 54. The cam follower roller '61 isreceived in and guided by the cam track grooves 12.

The cam track sections connect with each other at corners, and include.as best shown in Fig. 3, a rear track section 13 extending from a lowerrear corner 14 to an upper rear corner 15. and an, upper track section16 extending from the upper rear corner 15 to an upper front corner 11,and a front track section 18 extending from the upper front corner 11 toa lower front corner 19, and a lower track section 80 extending from thelower front corner 19 to the lower 7 rear corner 14.

Below the lower cam track section 89 astop or throw pin 8| extends fromthe inner face of the hopper compartment side wall 26 towards the hopperside wa1l35. As shown in Figs. 3 and 7 the mounting of the pin 8| iseffected by means of a mounting plate 82 secured to and depending fromthe cam plate 69 on the outside of the wall 26. The pin 8| extendsthrough an aperture 83 formed in the wall 26, and the pin 8| includes areduced threaded outer end 84 extending through an aperture in the plate82 whereby the shoulder formed between the pin 8| and the threaded end84 abuts the inside of the plate 82, and a nut 85 is screwed on thethreaded end 84 against the outer side of the plate 82.

-In the operation of the improved depository construction It], as willbe hereinafter described in detail, it is desirable that the camfollower roller fil move only in a counterclockwise direction around thefour sections of the cam track.

as shown in Fig. 3. For preventing reverse or clockwise movement of thecam follower in the cam track sections, one or more of the cam tracksections have associated therewith dog means preventing clockwisemovement of the cam 01 lower. As shown such dog means are provided forthe front track section 18 and the lower track section 86. -The frontcam plate portion 36 has formed therein a recess having openings 81 and88 into the front track section 18. In the recess of the cam plateportion 86 there are pivotally mounted dogs 89 and 98 having dog endsextending into the front track section '18, the dogs 89 and 96 beingarranged to permit counterclockwise movement of the cam follower 61 inthe front track section 18, and prevent clockwise movement thereof.Similarly, a double ended dog 9| is pivotally mounted in a recess formedin the central portion :92 of the cam plate 69, and the dog 9| includesdouble ends, one of which extends into the track corner 19 and the otherof which extends into the lower track section 80, and the double endeddog 9| likewise ermits counterclockwise movement of the cam follower 61from the front track section 18 into the lower track section 88 and fromthe lower track section 89 to the corner 14, and prevents reversemovement of the cam follower.

.As shown and preferably each of the track sections 53, 7-6, 18, andhave different lengths. The upper track section 16 includes two straightangled'portions, and the other track sections 13, 18, and 88 arearcuate. From a broader standpoint, each of the track sections 13, 16,18, and 89 deflects from a straight line. 7

The chute connecting neck 2| of the hopper compartment as shown istelescoped in and connected with a chute 93 which extends downwardly andcommunicates with a bank vault, not shown,

where the deposited articles are received. The walls forming the hoppercompartment C furthermore include a downwardly sloping rear wall 94lower portions of which are a rear wall of the chute connecting neck 2i.

The operation of the improved night depository construction I is asfollows:

In Fig. 1 the parts of the night depository construction H] are shown intheir relative positions when the door 28 is closed and locked and withthe hopper 34 extending downwardly in the hopper compartment C, the camfollower roller'Bl being located in the lower rear corner 14 of the camtrack, and the swinging bottom wall being in a position in which itsfiat portion 52 is substantially vertical and extends across thedownwardly sloping chute neck 2| of the hopper compartment, with thefront edge 53 of the swinging bottom wall 5| located closely adjacent tothe inner face of the hopper compartment rear wall 94. Thus, no depositcan be retained by itself in the hopper or on the bottom wall 5|.

In making a deposit, the depositor inserts a key in the lock 31 andretracts the bolt 32 from its keeper in the wall door frame 33, and thenswings the door 28 from the closed position shown in Fig. 1 downwardly,and Fig. 2 shows an intermediate position of the door during its openingmovement, when the door is substantially half-way open, having beenswung substantially degrees from its closed position. At the position ofthe door shown in Fig. 2 the curved end 58 of the hopper top guard wall49 has not yet cleared the door frame, and access to the hopper 3'4 isnot yet possible. The cam follower 6'! has been pushed up the rear tracksection 13 swinging the armiid, the connected shaft 6!, and theconnected swinging bottom wall 5| in such manher that its front edge 53moves upwardly in close proximity with the hopper compartment rear wall94, and the hat portion 52 of the swinging bottom wall 51 takes aposition sloping upwardly and substantially parallel with the hoppercompartment sloping rear wall 94, when the cam follower reaches the camtrack corner 15, as shown in Fig. 2. Thus, any deposit retained on wall5| by other means will be squeezed between walls BI and 9d and jam themechanism.

In Fig. 3, the door is shown fully open, having beenswung 90 degreesfrom its closed position. Access can now be had to the upwardly openinghopper 3s. The cam follower 67 has been advanced along the upper tracksection 16 and has reached the upper front corner ll. During movement ofthe cam follower along the upper track section T6, the front edge 53 ofthe swinging bottom wall 51 first advances forward in close proximity tothe hopper upper wall 22, and then the swinging bottom wall 5! swingsdown to the position in which its flat portion 52 is substantiallyparallel with the hopper fixed bottom wall 45, ready for a depositedarticle to be received on the top of the fiat portion 52 of the swingingbottom wall 5|. Meanwhile, the rear 58 of wall 5! and the rear end ofwall 45 move close to casing wall 9 3 to close off any passage throughthe chute.

After a deposited article has been placed in the hopper on the top ofthe flat portion 52' of the swinging bottom wall 5i, the depositorswings the door 28 upwardly, and the cam follower Bl is advanced downthe circular front track section 15 to the cam track corner 19, and thedoor is thenin the position shown in Fig. 4, within about '7 to 8degrees from its closed position. The corn ter of the circular fronttrack section 18 is on the axis of the door trunnions 29, andconsequently there is no relative movement of the swinging bottom wall5| with respect to the fixed bottom wall 45 as the cam follower 61advances down the front track section 13.

When the cam follower 6'. reaches the cam track corner 13, the arm 64abuts the stop-or throw pin 8|, as shown in Fig. 4. During'the finalclosing movement of the door from the po sition shown in Fig. 4 to theposition shown in Fig. 1, the cam follower advances along the lowertrack section from front to rear, by a coaction of the-pin 8| abuttingagainst the arm 64 while the pivot shaft 6i swings forwardly, wherebythe swinging bottom wall 5! is rapidly swung from the position shown inFig. 4 in which the flat portion 52 is substantially parallel with thefixed bottom wall 45 to the chute closing position shown in Fig. 1 inwhich the flat portion 52 of the swinging bottom wall 51 is angledsubstantially 30 degrees with respect to the fixed bottom wall 35. If adeposited article has not already slipped from the hopper 35 through thechute neck 2! and into the chute 93, by the time the door and attachedparts have reached the positions shown in Fig. 4, the very rapidmovement of the swinging bottom wall 51 from the position shown in Fig.4 to the position shown in Fig. 1 forcibly ejects the deposited articlefrom the hopper 3'1.

Considering now the improved night depository construction it from thestandpoint of burglary prevention, it is noted that during an openingmovement of the door, the front edge 53 of the swinging bottom wall 5!is first in" close proximity to the rear wall 94, and then to the topwall 22 of the hopper compartment as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Then therear end portion 56 of the swinging bottom Wall 5| comes in closeproximity with the rear wall 94. Consequently, at no time during theopening movement of the door is there any substantial space throughwhich a robber might insert hooks or bags suspended on a line or linesover the hopper and into the chute and later remove them witha deposit.

If, however, any such fishing equipment were inserted into the chute 93during an unauthorized opening of the door 28, when the door issubsequently closed and then opened again for the receipt of a depositedarticle from an authorized person, and such deposited article is caughton the suspended hooks or bags in the hopper compartment C or the chute93, if the hooks'or bags are located in the chute connecting neck 2|,the deposited article caught therein will be jammed when the swingingbottom wall 5| reaches the position shown in Fig. 2, so that the door 28cannot be opened. If the suspended hooks or bags are lowered down in thechute 93, the upper end of the chute passageway is blocked at everyposition of the door 28, the hopper 3 4, and the swinging bottom wall 5|during an opening move 'ment of the door.

As above stated, the dog means associated with the front and bottomtrack sections 18 and80 prevent any reverse movement of the door afterthe door has started to close, with the consequence that the door 28must be fully closed before any subsequent opening is permitted, and

whereby a deposited article is consequently foreibly ejected from thehopper 34 before any subsequent openi'ng of the door is permitted, and

ber mounted for movement in the hopper 35 by cam follower and cam meansoperative between the ejector and baflie member and an adjacent wall ofthe hopper compartment. Likewise, from a broader standpoint, theconnection between the hopper 34 and the door 28 may be made in anydesired manner so as to cause the hopper to swing with the door. 7 I rIn the foregoing description, certain terms have been used for brevity,clearness, and understanding, but no unnecessary limitations are to beimplied therefrom beyond the requirements of the prior art, because suchwords are used for-descriptive purposes herein and are intended to bebroadly construed l Moreover, the embodiments of the improvedconstruction illustrated and described herein are by way of example, andthe scope of the present invention is not limited to the exact detailsof construction.

Having now described the invention or discovery, the construction, theoperation, and use of preferred embodiments thereof, and theadvantageous 'new and useful results obtained thereby; the new anduseful constructions, and reasonable mechanical equivalents theerofobvious to those skilled in the art, are set forth in the appendedclaims.

I I claim:

1. In night depository construction and the like including opposite sidewalls and other walls forming a.-hopper compartment havinga door framefront opening and a chute neck rear opening, a door, means pivoting thedoor adjacent it'sflo'wer side in the door frame front opening, a hopperextending from the rear of the door, and the hopper including a firstbottom wall; the" combination including a swinging hopper bottom wall,shaft means fixed to and pivoting the swinging bottom wall on the firstbottom wall, and means operatively associating the shaft means and oneof the side walls of the hopper compartment for oscillating the shaft'means and the swinging bottom wall relative to the first bottom wall,the hopper compartmentwalls and the door frame front opening duringopening and closing of the door.

v. g. In night depository construction and the likeas set forth in claim1, and in which the shaft meansfixed to and pivoting the swinging bottomwall on the first bottom wall is at the rear end of the first bottomwall.

.3. In night depository construction and the like 'as set'forth in claim1, and in which the shaft oscillating means are operative to permitmovement of the door from the closed position to the open position andfrom the open position to the closed position and in which means areincluded preventing reverse movements of the door after a closingmovement has'commenced. 4. In night depository construction and the likeas set forth in claim 1, and which includes dog means associated withthe shaft oscillating means and operative to permit movement of the doorfrom the closed position to the open position and from the open positionto the closed position and preventing reverse movements of the doorafter a closing movement'has commenced.

5. In night'depository construction and the like as set forth in claim1, and in which the means for oscillating the shaft means include a' camfollower operatively connected with the shaft means and a cam forguiding the cam follower, the cam being located on said one side wall ofthe hopper compartment.

6. In night depository construction and the like as set forth in claim1, and in which the means for oscillating the shaft means] include a camfollower operatively connected-with the shaft means and a cam forguiding the cam.

follower, the cam being located on said one side wall of the hoppercompartment, and dog means'associated with the cam and permittingmovement of the cam follower so as to permit movement of the door fromthe closed position to the open position and from the open position tothe closed position and preventing'reverse movement of the cam followerand reverse move-- ments of the door after a closing movement hascommenced. v 7. In night depository construction and the like includingwalls forming a hopper compartment having a door frame front opening anda chute neck rear opening, a door, means pivoting the door adjacent itslower side. in the door frame front opening, a hopper extending fromtherear of the door, and the hopper including a first bottom wall; thecombination including a swinging bottom wall in the hopper, meanspivoting the swinging bottom wall on the first bottom wall, the pivotingmeans including a' shaft fixed to the swinging bottom wall and pivotingon the first bottom wall, the hopper,

' operating in the hopper compartment and the hopper compartment formingwalls including" a side wall adjacent one end of the shaft, an

arm fixed on the shaft end, a cam follower roller mounted on the arm,track cam means mounted on the hopper compartment side wall, the trackcam means-including track sections opening towards and receiving andguiding the cam follower roller for oscillating the shaft and theswinging bottom wall relative to the first bottom wall, the hoppercompartment walls and the door frame opening during opening and closingof the door. j

8. In night depository construction and the like as set forth in claim'7, and in which there are four cam track sections which connect witheach other at corners.

'9. In night depository construction and the like asset forth in claim7, and in which there are four cam track sections which connect witheach other at corners, and in which each track",

section deflects from a straight line.

10. In night depository'construction and the.

like as set forth in claim ,7, and in which, there are four cam tracksections which connect with each other at corners, and in which eachtrack section has a different length than the others.

11. In night depository construction and the like as set forth in claim7, and in which there like as set forth in claim 7, and in which 'thereare four cam track sections which connect with each other at corners,the four track sections constituting in sequence a rear track sectionextending from a lower rear corner to an upper rear corner, an uppertrack section extending from the upper rear corner to an upper frontcorner, a front track section extending from the upper front corner to alower front corner, and a lower track section extending from the lowerfront corner to the lower rear corner, the upper track section beingangled and each of the other track sections being curved.

13. In night depository construction and the like as set forth in claim7, and in which there are four cam track sections which connect witheach other at corners, the four track sections constituting in sequencea rear track section extending from a lower rear corner to an upper rearcorner, an upper track section extending from the upper rear corner toan upper front corner, a front track section extending from the upperfront corner to a lower front corner, and a lower track sectionextending from the lower front corner to the lower rear corner, theupper track section being angled and each of the other track sectionsbeing arcuate.

14. In night depository construction and the like as set forth in claim'7, and in which there are four cam track sections which connect witheach other at corners, the four track sections constituting in sequencea rear track section extending from a lower rear corner to an upper rearcorner, an upper track section extending from the upper rear corner toan upper front corner, a front track section extending from the upperfront. corner to a lower front corner, and a lower track sectionextending from the lower front corner to the lower rear corner, and astop pin extending from the hopper compartment wall mounting the trackcam means, the stop pin being located below the lower track section andbein adapted for abutment by the arm on the pivoting shaft as the camfollower moves through the lower track section.

15. In night depository construction and the like including oppositeside walls and other walls forming a hopper compartment having a doorframe front opening and a chute neck rear opening, a hopper, meanspivotally mounting the hopper in the hopper compartment, a doorconnected to the hopper and movable into and out of closed position inthe door frame front opening and the hopper having an upper opening andpivoting with movements of'the door so as to position the upper openinginto and outside of the hopper compartment and the door frame frontopening thereof; the combination including an ejector and baflle memberin the hopper, means on the hopper mounting the ejector and bafilemember for movement with respect to the hopper, and

means operatively associating the ejector and baffle member and one ofthe side walls of the hopper compartment for moving the ejector andbaflie member with respect to the hopper, the

hopper compartment walls andthe door frame front opening during openingand closing of the door.

16. In night depository construction and the like'as set forth in claim15, and in which the movements of the ejector and baffle member are inrepeating cycles during movements of the door from the closed positionto the open position and from the open position to the closed position;

17. In night depository construction and the like as set forth in claim15, and in which the movements of the ejector and baffle member are inrepeating cycles during movements of the door from the closed positionto the open position and from the open position to the closed position,said movements of the ejector and baflie member positioning the ejectorand bafie memher so as to block passage from the hopper compartmentfront opening to the chute neck rear opening at the closed positionofthe door and during opening movement of the door and so as to eject adeposited article from the hopper during the finalclosing movement ofthe door.

18. In night depository construction and the like including oppositeside walls and other walls forming a hopper compartment having a doorframe front opening and a chute neck rear opening, a door and hoppermember, means pivot-ally mounting the door and hopper member in thehopper compartment, the hopper having an upper opening located insidethe hopper compartment when the door and hopper member is closed andoutside the door frame when the door and hopper member is open; thecombination including an ejector and baffle member in the hopper, meanson the hopper mounting the ejector and bafile member for movement withrespect to the hopper, and means operatively associating the ejector andbaflie member and one of the side walls of the hopper compartment formoving the ejector and baffie member with respect to the hopper, thehopper compartment walls and the door frame front opening during openingand closing of the door and hopper member.

HERBERT C. BEHRENS.

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